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The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-08-04
POLITICAL PlTH.

Sherman is trying to do the strad-
die act with a banana peeling under
each heel.-Richmond Dispatch.
The Presidents statement that
more Union veterans are employed un-
der this Government than under any
previous Administration is like one of
Mr.. Sullivan's swinging hits from the
shoulder, and it completely knocks out
Tuttle and the Tuttle style of blather-
sixties. .-St. Louis Republican.
Blaine was not in Congress, it is
said, when he was put down as
right in 1862 and got $40, 1000 worth
of railway stock for nothing. That is
so. He did not get into Congress until
the next year. being too busy getting
Spencer rifle contracts land sich. !"
But he was right just the same
Detroit Free Press.
If the Republican party of the
country hopes to retain the strength
which it still has, much more of it
hopes to recover the strength which it
has unquestionably lost, it must face
to the front and vindicate its claim to
be party of progress. 1t can not
move forward with eyes averted to the
past or win triumphs on issues that
are dead. Nothing could be more
fatuous than an effort of its leaders to
arouse the sectional animosities of times
gone by or to attempt to base its
claims to popular support upon care
for the soldiers of the war of the
Union.-N Y Times.
How they are betraying their
anxiety and apprehension - those
short-sighted editors-who are striv-
ing to make big fuss ont of the Pres
ident's manly and dignified with
drawal of his own personality as
possible cause of discord at the St.
Louis reunion of the Grand Army of
the Republic. They ought to see, for
it is plain enough to other people. that
they are telling every body they would
rather have some other Democratic
candidate to fight than Cleveland.
Doubtless they mean we'll by their par
ty. but they are on the wrong tack
Philadelphia Public Ledger.
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SOUTHERN INDUSTRIES.
Why the Mission OF the Bloody Shirt
Ended Forever and Forever.

Why the Mission OF the Bloody Shirt Is
Ended Forever and Forever.
One significant feature of the recent
discussion concerning the rebel flag
matter was the total absence of any ill
feeling on the part of the South. The
time was when the Republican bosses
could produce political capital very
readily simply by irritating a few
Southern editors, and then infiame the
Northern heart by repeating their lily
considered utterances. This time has
passed. and one reason why the South
will not be drawn into sectional con-
troversies with Republican agitators
is that it is too busy building up new
industries and increasing the general
business of that section of the country.
A very recent review of the industrial
growth of the South demonstrates that
the people have been earnestly at work
within the last two decades, and that
the fruits of this earnest work have
been most marked during the last six
months of the present year. The
manufacturers Record, published in
Baltimore, gives the following encour-
aging figures:
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THE BATTLE Or HARLEM.
A Revolutionary Incident Recalled by tn
FiudI.S of n Soldiers Body.

Revolutionary Incident Recalled by the
Finding of n Soldiers Body.
On the morning of the 10th of Sep
tember, 1916, Colonel knowlton and
Maior Lcitch were sent out from Fort
Washington, at the upper end of Man
haitian Island, by General Washington,
to capture a small detachment of Brit
ish soldiers stationed on the high ground
at Morningside Park. The enemy dis
covered the attempt, however, and es-
capped down the hill. Being reinforced
by the Forty-second Highlanders, under
General Leslie, they attacked the Amer
leans at about One Hundred and Twen-
ty-fOurth street, between Eighth and
Ninth avenues, but were driven back
to n fence two hundred yards to the
south and east of the point of attack.
The Americans being reinforced by
COlOnels Richardson and Grifiths, the
enemy were dislodged from the fence,
leaving five dead on the field, and re-
treated back to the high grounds ut One
Hundred and Twentieth street, where
they were further reinforced by bat
TALON of Hessians, n company of chas-
seurs and'two field pieces. The fight
lasted two hours longer. when the Brit
ish again retreated, leaving the field to
the Americans, and the battle of Har-
lem Plains was fought and won.
Colonel Knowlton and sixteen privates
were killed, and Major Leitch and forty
others were wounded on the American
side. The British loss was fourteen
killed and seventy wounded.
Major Leitch died. and together with
Colonel Knowlton was buried in the
trenches at Fort Washington. l. is
supposed by many that their graves
are within the present limits of Trinity
Church cemetery. But few weeks
since, workmen who were engaged in
cutting a Rew street through in that
vicinity came upon several graves in
what was supposed to have been part
OF the old trenches. One grave con-
tained a coffin, and the remains evil
IDENTIFY of an officer of rank. A bullet
hole pierced the fieshless skull, and the
bullet lay within the hollow chamber
of the brain. As Knowlton was shot in
the head, the description and circum-
stances tally so closely. it is believed
by some authorities that the remains !
were these OF the dead officer who fell !
at Harlem more than one hundred years |
ago.-M, y Commercial Advertiser.
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THEY ALL WANT 1T.
Some of the Interests That Are Howling
for Bloody-Shirt Campaign.

There are several interests in the
country which would like to have the
''rebel flag incident" made the chief
issue of the next campaign. Weak
rs that issue might be. they regard it
as strong in comparison with some
others that might be forcedHpon them.
The big combinations in coal, lum-
Der. salt. glass, copper. iron and steel
would like to fight the rebellion over
again in 1883.
Alien landlords now on the point of
being driven from the country would
not object to it if it promised to bring
back the party under whose rule they
flourishcd.
The cattle barons who were elected
from the public lands which they had
unlawfully monopolized would well
come it.
The land grabbing corporations
which have been forced to do justice to
the settler and which have had their
unearned grants forfeited all want it.
The Pacific railroads, owing the Gov
ernment 500, 900, 600 which they do
not want to pay, would not object to a
bloody shirt campaign.
The Dorseys. the Elkinses, the Clay.
tons and the Chaffees are all yearning
for fight on the lines of a generation
ago.
Every theiving monopolist in Ameri-
ca, forced by recent events to defend
himself against attacks which are in
creasing in force, wants to change the
subject.
Even Jay Gould would not object if
the prospect were that the war issues
would restore the party from which he
bought the appointment of a Justice Of
the Supreme Court.
The claim agents, the subsidy grab
bers, the naval and steamship rings,
the pension swindlers and old Robeson
and j. Warren Keifer all regard the
rebel flag as first-rate thing to scare
honest men with.
The only trouble with the crowd is
that it is slightly too eager. 1t banks
too much on an incident which will not
avail them much. The "rebel'' scare
kept them in power eight years after
the country was ready to turn them
out. 1t will not suffice to restore them
to power now that they have been
turned out. Chicago Herald.
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HIGH-PRICED CHICKENS.
What Some Fanciers Pay for Rare and
Thoroughbred Fowls.

Thoroughbred fowls.
THE highest price that l ever know
single fowl to bring was $3.50. This
was paid for the champion Plymouth
Rock cockerel at the New Orleans Ex-
position, two years ago. 1t was raised
by Hon. Sid Conger, of Indiana, who
divided his time between his poultry
farm and the State Senate"
The above remark was made to a re-
porter by Mr.. j. Frank Clark, vice
president of the New York Poultry Ex-
change.
"Sales of fancy fowls at nigh prices, ~
Mr.. Clark continued, "are not so rare
as many people suppose. At the last
poultry show in this city Mr.. w. K.
Vanderbilt paid s25 for Plymouth
Rock cockerel, and breeding pens OF
the same variety, numbering five birds.
sold at from $50 to S100. Five buff
Cochins were sold for $75, and the late
Miss Catherine Wolfe bought half a
dozen Wyandottes for $100. 1 know a
gentleman that went to the Chicago
show ready to pay $200 for the first
premium pen of Plymouth Rocks Give
fowls), but he came away without
them The owners price was $4,000.
There are instances on record
of bantamS being sold for as
high as $50 each. Taking into
consideration their weight. which is
less than two pounds, this is rather
dear chicken meat. The special value
in this case was due to the bird having
won first premium at the Crystal Palace
and other English shows. The value of
thoroughbred fowls depends on their
comparative merit, which is determined
by system of scoring. Expert judges
compare each fowl with a standard OF
excellence which allows 100 points for
perfection, and deducts therefrom for
every fault or deficiency that the fowl
possesses. 1t requires careful and sci
entific breeding to produce fowls that
will score ninety or more points, an
such birds always sell at good prices
Rare specimens scoring from ninety-six
to ninety-eight points are literally worth
their weight il gold.
There is fashion in fowls as in
most other things, and a very change
able fashion it is, too. Two years ago
the Wyandottes were all the rage; now
the boom is in Minorcas. Within the
past year over 500 Minorcas have been
bought in England and brought over
here at cost of from S5 to $S7 so each.
There is now corner in these famous
fowls. They are an old English breed
but have been in obscurity for number
of years. and few of them have been
raised Every nook and corner of old
England has been searched by specula-
tive fanciers. and every Minorca pur-
chased regardless of cost, and held fol
breeding purposes, and for the sale oi
eggs at from s. to $40 for a setting of
thirteen. IN. r Mail and Erress.
Economy in houseke eping Is the
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-08-04
Total 1856

This table shows wide diversity of
new enterprises, indicating new and
healthy growth. The building of cot
ton mills is again attracting much in
terest and capital. In nearly all the
Southern States new mills are being
erected. and especially in South Caro-
lins is this activity noticeable. Several
very large mills are being put up and
the older and smaller ones are
being enlarged and otherwise i'm
proved. At Greenville cotton mill
to cost $500 OO6 will soon be built
Texas is also bt coming largely in
;eresting in cotton manufacturing.
The amount of capital Gncluding cap
tai stock of incorporated companies)
represented by the new enterprises or
ganized or chartered in the South. and
lu the enlargement of old plants and
rebuilding of mills destroyed by fire
during six months of 1887. as COM
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Pension-Commissioner BlacE

The great benefits that will accrue
to the disabled veterans of the country
and their needy and dependent ones by
the promptness and dispatch with
which the work of the Pension Office
has been transacted, through the in
PRODUCTION of sound business prin-
ciples into the management of the
bureau, can not be fully estimated.
General Black deserves great praise
for the energy with which he devoted
a first-class executive mind to so or
ganize his great bureau that justice
would surely and speedily be done the
veterans to whom time is all-impor-
tant, for their ranks are rapidly thin
ming out. He realized to the utmost
that, relief to be of any value must be
given speedily, and that to make them
wait unnecessarily would be the sharp
est cruelty. Himself a gallant and
wounded soldier, he deserves the full
est measure of a soldiers gratitude
National Tribune, Organ Of The g. 4. q.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-08-04
Mexican
Mustang
Linilneni

HIS COOO OID = ~sNO 81
accomplishes for everybody exactly "Hst sclaime2
tort One of the tor the great popularity of
the Mustang Liu:nent Is found In its universal
appIfcubflIty, Everybody needs such \ r1edicine.
The Jumbe rm n needs Il In case OF accident
The Housewife needs It for eralfamily us.
The Cunaler needs Il for his teams and his men.
The Mechanic needs &c always on his Wor1
bench
The Miner needs it In case OF emergency.
The Pioneer needs sit-csn't get alcng without n.
The FGrmer needs it In his house, his ssahls.
and his stock yard.
The Steamboaf MAN or the Boafnan nee
&c In liberal supply anoat and ashore
The Horse.fancier needs it-it ID his esss
friend and safest reliance.
The Stock-growcr needs it-it VIII save nA8
thousands Of dollars and . world Of trouble.
The Railroad man needs it and VIII need IL %
long his Life fs round of accidents and dangerA
The Backwoodsman needs It There u noeA-
Ing Ike it IS an antidots for the dangers 70 La
Limb and comfort which surround the pioneer.
The Merchant needs it about hzs ssore ano.e
bis empioyees. Accidents win happen. and wneA
these come the Mustang Liniment Il wanted asonee.
Keep Bottle In tks Heuse. It's ne eess ok
sconcmy.
Keep Bottle in the Factory. lsfnned,ass
,sa In case of accident pain and loss OF wsgeS
Keep n Bsttie Always In ths stable Co
use whom wanted
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-08-04

Economy in housekeeping is the
housekeeper's first duty.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-08-04
HOME.

Do you remember, Sweet,
a summer long ago
A quiet village street,
Its houses all arrow
Broad elm trees shading each,
Gay woodbine clasptng one,
"A little lawns clear reach
In the sun.
AS like as nest TO nest.
When robins build and sing,
With rapture in the breast.
Through the days of spring!
As like as bud to bud.
When early sdowdrops glow,
Those simple homes that stood
Ina row.
Yet never breast Of bird
But knew its chosen rest,
And never heart but stirred
The sHeeter for its nest.
Twas not the woodbine spray,
Nor light of springing flowers
Twas love. with kindling ray,
Showed US ours.
o, simple vera our cares,
And all our store OF wealth -
Was daily love and prayers.
Clear hope. abiding health.
Our hearts with youth were light,
And the burdens of the day
The greeting kiss 81 night
Could repay.
Those summer days are done,
The autumn winds are cold,
We shiver in the sun
'TiS late. and we are Old
Already on our sight
Heavens : many mansions glow
With lusteT pure and bright
Let US go.
] wonder-wiIl IL be
A wide and Stately dome,
A palace large and free.
Where We shall find orr home!
Or just sheltered nook,
Clasped in the wOodbine's fold,
With dear, familiar look.
As OF old!
ia TKtpple BeAhdDs, in Good HOusskeerss5
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TAn COMMIT nications Tor THIS paper
should be accompanied by the name of the
;.ctnor; not necessarily for publication, but
as an evidence of good fafth on the part o.
the writer. Write only on one side of the
paper. Be particularly careful in giving
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ores Diam ana cist net
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-08-04

"A Leaf of the giant water lily (Vic-
toria regia) has been Known to meas
ure "a feet ct inches in circumference,
its weight being nearly IA pounds. One
of the flowers was 4 feet 2 inches in
circumference, with petals 9 inches in
length and weighed 81 pounds
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pared with the same time in 1856. was
For sir months Of
Total. .........-.--.-s161, 19a, 600

These statistics mean business. {"
They are no idle tales invented by
boom-mnkers, and they demonstrate
the vastness of the recent revolution
that has been quietly going on in the
Southern States. The bloody shirt
may flap and flutter for for the Re-
publican agitator. but it can be used
no longer to retard the progress of the
Southern States.-Indianapolis Sen
tiuek,
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-07-28
SPRINGFIELD AT TOLEDO.

Full List OF the Springfielders VIII" Went
to the Republican Convention Yesterday.
The following is very full list of the
Springfielders and Others who went to To
ledo by the Buckeye club excursion yeSter-
day "wednesday morning:
VIM. Stark, Nenia, John K. Rudd. Jesse
X Jackson. A. q. George, ID. W. Polling,
Al. Davidson. ii. w. keesecker. 5. l.. Def
fenbach. Harry Barr. Charles Cushman.
r. b. Fout, II. Liner II. q. Hastings, Ben
Barton, Wm. Woods. II. W. Huffman, q.
W. Hastings. James Boyd, }. W. Hanes,
". /. Bennett, f.. W. Simpson. 5. q. Will
kerson. Amos Miller. John Reising. Ben
Reising, W. :. Hester. James Huckins,
Charles Leaning. k. NJ. GelwickS. Isaac
Kindle. Joseph Otstott, W. f. Tuttle,
I'd. Willis. Geo. Bington, Robt HUI, ID.
u. Fomms. e. +. Cost, j. l.. Straytan,
James Dickson, c. b. Palmer OF Yellow
Springs, Harry LorenL, l.. II. Lorenz,
Chase Stewart. James Foley, }. Warren
Cushman. W. ). Halfrics, A. y. Summers,
W. +. Beyitt, q. f. Serviss. j. w. Parsons,
j. o. Hebble of Xenia. W. s. McMorris,
ID. W. Battin of Selma james Smith,
Philip Dorne, James Dale, W. A. Stout,
David Blair, Wesley Mcdonald,
James Heaton. John &. Par
sons. James Buford, Jesse Crawford.
Adam Lenhart, A. f. Taylor, c. II. Kay,
Mrs. W. B. Turner Miss Agnes Burns.
Leonard Karg. S. W. Dakin, +. p. Cunning
ham, r. f. Howard, |. b. Townsley, b. p.
Jones. William Orr, .. W. l.inkhart, p.
W. Fortney. William Robinson, Theodore
Brassfield. W. B. Tattershall. John l..
Plummer. }. F.. Baker, Mrs. II. NJ. Bales,
Mrs. J. Ii. jenkins. A. W. Grant. Mrs. A.
W. Grant. A. c. Rockafield. Mrs. Rocka-
field, W. b. Turner and son, F. W. WIlliss,
G. W. Wurteld. W II. Myers. J. NJ. Cal
hoon Hannibal Hamiin. Dovett Crabili.
Samuel Heyer, David Ackerson, VIM. Ack-
erson, A. 7. L.. Cochran. Robert ii. Foos,
l.. 5. Hutchings, j. Warren keifer, 7. Il.
Martin. j. s. Miles. Charles Hill, WIN.
Norton. Charles Thomas, j. NJ. Pence, F.
A. Guinea, X. +. Butler and wife, John
McKenna, DIR. A. Dunlap, W. K. Perks, ID.
e. Perks. Fred McCerd. X. A. Perks, W.
Edmiston, W. II. Welland. Hiram Palman,
Charles Torpening, ID. q Fox: j. W.
Spapgler. Osborn; W. $. Fawcett, A. A.,
Spahr. l.. ID. Heller, F. b. Poague, T. b.
fivrL Spia
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-07-28
OBITUARY.
Death Of Wesley Allen Sketch of His
Life

Death of Wesley Allen sketch of His
Life.
Wesley Allen WAS born in Shenandoah
county. Virginia, july :. lsOs, aud died at
his residence three miles west of London,
Madison county, Ohio, july I'D, lss5, aged
- years and Il days. He was the son of
Elijah and Nancy Alien, who were among
the sturdy pioneers of Clark county, the
father being a soldier of the war OF 1872.
la 1918 the deceased moved with his par
ents to Greene county, Ohio. and in 1920 to
Clark county. settling near South Charles
ton. He was married October IS, 1890. 10
Miss Rrbecca, eldest daughter of John and
Elizabeth McCollum, OF South Charleston,
with whom he lived happily until .Jnly 20,
1877. period of a. years. when she was
called from labor to reward, after life Of
usefulness. having been faithful wife and
loving mother To this union were bs<l
two sons and four daughters, all still lifing
and heads of families.
The deceased lived in Clark county until
ls4l. when he purchased and moved upOn
the farm where he died. having cOntinu-
Gus residence of fOrty-siX years and being
next to the oldest citizen of the township.
He moved into a perfect wilderness, the
| land being very heavy :imbered, but he
worked late and early, cleared the land and
| improved il until he mad one of the finest
| farms in the county. Ii is the common re
mark of his neighbOrs that Wesley Allen
had done more hard work than any man in
Madison county. For thirty-tve years he
was one Of the main supplies of the London
| market with fruits, vegetables and berries,
/ his face being familiar 10 almost every,
man, woman and child.
| He made a profession of religion IN ls42
and assisted in forming the first class Al
| Summerford. soon after helped 10 build the
NJ. f. church of that town, Of which he was
a faithful member until death. and as long
as health would permit regular attendant
just two weeks before his death he reached
his 18th year. and being very feeble, his
| friends fearing he might not live 10 reach
the four score. arranged 10 meet and spend
the day with him. They came from far
and near, about seyenty-hve in number
| ioslr of his children. His heart was glad
deued and reioiced that he was still re-
lmeuibared.
On dispensing many felt they were bid
| ding him farewell for the last time, and :,
il proved. The next day he was very
feeble, and continued to fail rapidly
Having had stroke of paralysis about On'
wear ago he never recovered; and on Sab
bath before his death the second Strok'
came when. h- took b 5 bed for the las
time. fingered apparently free from pali
until the 22nd. when he passed peacefully
away, full of years and faith in his Savior
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-07-28

The skipper Of a canal boat on the Illinois
and Michigan canal recently decided, after
mature ,ieiibeTatiOn and careful cOnsidera-
ton, 10 marry his cook, right smart,
energetic and not wholly Qad looking
Celt. who had been a tried and faithful
servant for him for quite IA number of his
perilOus trips on the storm la>hcl canal
So he spoke to her about the matter one
duy, and after securing her COY consent
he ordered the boat tied up at the wharf
Of Joliet, and being practical skipper,
skipped up the street after par~on. The
nuptial knot was soon tied, the parSun
beaten down 10 81 30 for his Zee. and then
the canal boatmau said:
We'll. Melindy, we are married fur
keeps now. We are hitChed fur life. and
uust pull together I'm little short
handed to-day, and as that lead mule has
got saddle gals on his back you jiSt take
the towpath and lead him down To Lock
port. and Ill steer and kinder ruminatt
on some plan to give You work on tn.
boat without going ashore in mud. I've
Got a powerful sight more respect for You
now that you're my wife, Meiindy. -
Chicago National.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-07-28
~O CD AZ ROAD.

HaXsf(hari-s X. White. Judge OF the Court
Tot Common Pleas. to 60 to Europe.
Hon. Charles r. White, judge of the
Clark county court of common pleas, leaves
next Tuesday for New York, and sails On
the day following for Europe. He takes
passage on the steamer "Wesland." of the
Red Star line, and will make first land at
Antwerp. Judge White expects to le back
in time for the next term OF court, iii Sep
tember.
The trip is for the benefit Of his general
health-which is by no means poor. how
overland partially for his eyesight, which
is far from satisfactory. Judge White mas
been having trouble with his eyes for some
time past and recent close application and
work at night has increased the difficulty.
His physician was of the opinion that the
continual salt breeze would be of benefit to
his eyes. The Judge will spend consider
able time on the continent. but will not
neglect the British kingdom.